Winehog - Burgundy with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Winehog has a long history with Domaine Dujac. I first visited the estate some 20 years ago to taste the magnificent 1999s - a beautiful memory - and those wines continue to show their beauty. I have followed the Dujac wines since the early 1990s, and have tasted many even older, including a …
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I have followed Philippe Pacalet's wines since his first vintage almost 20 years ago. I furthermore followed the wines he made at Domaine Prieure-Roch before he began on his own. I enjoy Pacalet's wines, and they almost always provide - for me at least - an essential hedonistic joy, despite the …
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Domaine Georges Glantenay is the second of two well-known Glantenay estates in Volnay, the other being Bernard and Thierry Glantenay, whom I visited in July 2019. Georges Glantenay is a sister-and-brother joint venture, with Sarah in charge of sales and brother Guillaume in charge of viticulture …
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Bernard Zito is not a rookie in the wine business. He has worked with vineyards and viticulture - more specifically organic and biodynamic viticulture - for years. He was employed from 1987-2005 at the Boisset group, owned by Jean-Charles Boisset, where he worked on the implementation of …
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Traditions are to be cherished. This was how I began the article about the Roulot 2018s last year, when the COVID situation was disturbing me, my work and my tastings. Now here I am again chez Roulot, tasting the 2019s - another relatively hot and generous year, but strangely, not very …
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